Aaron Miller

Aaron Miller's Contributions

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.— Announcing varsity games on New Rochelle High School’s public access TV station, David Resnick said, carried a tint of the bright lights.“When you’re at that age, you feel like it’s the most important thing in the world,” said Resnick, who graduated from the high school in 2006. “You treat every broadcast like it’s the Super Bowl or the NBA Finals.”More than a decade ...

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y.— In 1868, Obie “Don” Clifford’s ancestors settled in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York along Big Wolf Lake, pristine and tucked away into the forest.Six generations later, Clifford, a Westchester resident, is looking to continue his family’s legacy in the region through the Wild Center, a state-of-the-art natural history museum in Tupper Lake, N.Y.As ...

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y.—Congresswoman Nita Lowey applauded the Federal Railroad Administration’s increased enforcement of rail safety rules. The FRA issued 6,845 violations and $15 million in penalties in the fiscal year ending Sep. 30, up 23 percent from the previous year. Lowey, who represents Rockland County and most of Westchester County, through which both passenger and shipment ...

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y.--Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJSC) will hold its annual gala on Tuesday, April 5 in Harrison.WJCS, founded in 1943, is one of Westchester’s largest community service-based non-profits and will honor two long-time contributors, outgoing president Barry Kaplan and Nina Ross, who both live in Scarsdale.“We’re celebrating over 80 years of service in ...

SOMERS, N.Y.— In 1808, Somers resident Hachaliah Bailey bought an Indian elephant for $1,000 to help on his farm. But when he realized that the elephant, named "Old Bet," was the talk of the town, Bailey began taking her on tour throughout the Northeast.Something Bailey didn’t realize was that "Old Bet" would set the precedent for the world-famous Ringling Bros. and ...

SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y.— Sleepy Hollow High School Principal Carol L. Conklin-Spillane will announce her resignation after 22 years in that position at Thursday night’s Board of Education meeting, she said in a phone interview with Daily Voice.Spillane, a longtime resident of Rockland who now lives in Old Tappan, N.J., has served as the high school’s principal since 1994, and she will ...

RYE, N.Y.-- Andrew Kranichfeld had what he called “a unique place to grow up.”His family lived in Rye in an uncharacteristically small house -- snug for Andrew, his parents and two brothers. Special about the home was that it sat on four acres of land, surrounded by broad grassy fields, a driveway large enough to make a U-turn, a wood shop and three greenhouses. Kranichfeld, now 31, ...

PEEKSKILL, N.Y. – Peekskill High School graduate Elton Brand signed with the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday, marking his return to the NBA after announcing his retirement in August.In a first-person piece in Sports Illustrated, the 36-year-old said he will look to serve as a mentor for the struggling 76ers (3-33) and some of their younger players.“The truth is, my decision to return to ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – After attending a pre-Christmas Mass hosted by Archbishop Cardinal Timothy Dolan at the Westchester County Jail last week, County Executive Rob Astorino was chided by a civil liberties group that says he overstepped the separation between church and state during his remarks.Speaking to the 125 male prisoners in attendance, Astorino did not shy away from scripture, ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- The Westchester Knicks were the furthest thing on J.R. Inman’s mind when the phone rang Tuesday evening.Inman was in his high school’s gym watching his alma mater St. Joseph’s Regional of Montvale, N.J., take on rival Don Bosco Prep. The 6-foot-10 power forward from Pomona had been cut by the Knicks twice in the past year, but when he picked up the phone, Inman ...